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Van Lente, HendricusDescription
Image of Holland MI resident Hendricus Van Lente's record of service in the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, Vol. 25" and obituary in the Mar. 28, 1923 edition of Holland City newsHistory
Corporal Hendricus Van Lente was born on April 19th, 1840. He came to America with his family with Rev. Albertus Van Raalte in 1847. On Feb. 21, 1865 he enlisted in the 25th Michigan Infantry Co. I. On June 15th, 1865 he was transferred to the 28th MI Co. K, in which he served until Feb. 22nd, 1866. He passed on March 25th, 1923 in Holland, MI and is interred in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.The 25th Michigan Infantry Company I was largely made up of Dutch immigrants from Holland, Michigan and its surrounding areas. The company is most famous for its involvement in the Battle at Tebb's Bend, where roughly 200 Union soldiers repulsed an attack by the Confederate general John Hunt Morgan and his raiders. The 25th Infantry was also involved in several campaigns in Eastern Tennessee and Sherman's March to the Sea, where the 25th fought at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Cassville, Kingston, Allatoona, Pine Mountain, Lost Mountain, and Kenesaw. The regiment also took part in the siege of Atlanta. The regiment was mustered out on June 24th, 1865.